Syringe and syringe-box



(No Model.)

L. R. MEYER. SYRINGE AND SYRINGE BOX.

402, Patented June 7, 1892.

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SYRINGE AND SYRlNGE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,402, dated June 7,1892,

Application filed November 6, 1891. Serial No. 411,07 N0 Infi l-l To allwhmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCY R. MEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Syringe andSyrin ge-Box; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in a combined syringe andsyringe-box, the invention pertaining more particularly to that class ofsyringes known as fountain -syringes. Its object is to improve andsimplify the construction of syringe devices and boxes of the characterreferred to and gain many valuable advantages from the improvedconstruction, pre-eminent among which is that of providing a neat andsimply-constructed inclosing box or case, wherein all the parts of thesyringe may be easily disposed and kept from sight, and which may, whenoccasion requires, be readily opened and arranged so that the effectiveparts of the syringe may be brought into practical use with facility anddispatch, thereby enabling this improved article of toilet use to behidden from view except at those times when it is needed for actual use;and the invention therefore consists in the construction, arrangement,and combination of the several parts, substantially as will behereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is avertical section of my improved combined syringe and syringe-box withits doors open and the operative parts of the syringe removed from theircompartment, so that the device may be delineated in its actualoperative position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same when hedoors are closed and all the working parts are completely inclosed andhidden from view, the device appearing then simply as an ordinary box orcasing.

Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

In carrying my invention into practical eff ect I provide asuitably-shaped box; preferably of oblong or rectangular fcr'rn, havingany desired and convenient size and made so that it will presentexteriorly a neat and fluished appearance, so that it forms anunobjectionable article for location in a toilet-room.

A designates the example of box or casing shown herein. It is made ofany desired material, provided at one end with a pair of eyes or hooksa, by means of which it can be suspended upon the wall of a room or atany other convenient point, as shown in Fig. 1. Thus the box havingtherein the fountain portion of the syringe can be fixed at the properheight. \Vhen once supported upon a wall or other object, it can be leftthere, needing only to be disturbed when it is opened for use andneeding not to be taken down, except for cleaning or some similarpurpose.

The box or casing A contains two main compartments, an upper and largerone B and a lower and smaller one C, said compartments being divided bythe horizontal partition D, and the upper compartment B being designedto contain hot water or other liquid, which is to be used in thesyringe, said compartment thus constituting the true fountain for thedevice, while the lower and smaller compartment 0 is designed to receivethe operative parts of the syringe mechanism, which parts can be readilyshut up within the compartment when desired or can be removed there fromat any time for use.

The upper end of the compartment B is provided with a hinged cover E,having a suitable knob e, by means of which it can be manipulated inopening and closing. This cover fits down neatly over the end ofcompartment B, and when it is desired to fill the fountain all that theuser needs to do is to open the cover E and pour the hot water into thecompartment B. The lower smaller compartment O is likewise provided witha horizontal movable door F, which is hinged, as shown, and is readilyopened and closed by the hand of the user, so as to gain access to themechanism within said compartment and to permit the long syringe-tube tobe with drawn therefrom for use.

The horizontal partition D is provided with a centrally-located shorttube or nipple G, which projects downward.

H designates the ordinary rubber tube used with syringes, havinganydesired length. One end of this tube connects with the nipple G.

Tube His designed to be coiled or wrapped into a small compass andsituated'in the compartment C when the device is not in use. hen thedevice is in use, it is withdrawn from the compartment 0 in the mannershown in Fig. 1. Tube H carries at its other end any suitablesyringe-point h, and it may be provided thereon with the compressingdevice 71, which shuts the iiow on or off.

Vithin the compartment C is an upright bar I, having thereon anysuitable number of horizontal projections t', which are preferablyscrew-threaded and which are intended to support the syringe-points J,of which there may be several, having different functions and adaptedfor different uses. Thus all the numerous points ordinarily employedwith a syringe can be readily arranged within the compartment O and keptout of sight when not in use.

The use of my combined syringe and syringe-box will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing. Having filled the fountain with hot wateror other suitable liquid, the user will then open therdoor F andwithdraw the tube H for use. It will be readily understood that this canbe done at any time with great facility and ease. The great advantage ofthe device consists in the fact that when the syringe mechanism is notin actual use it is V effectually concealed inside the casing, which issupported upon the wall or placed at any other convenient point, andwhich has no objectionable qualities in its appearance.

It is objectionable to have syringes exposed in toilet-rooms, especiallythose frequented by persons of both sexes, and accordingly my inventionsupplies a needed want in present-'- ing a neat and simple contrivance,which will insure the advantage of hiding these disagreeable objects andyet losing none of the benefits which OOmG'fIOID having them al ways athand and ready for use at any time and as often as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is y The herein-described combined syringe andsyringe-box, which consists in a casing having two compartments, one ofwhich serves as a fountain for containing water or other liquid or fluidand the other of which serves to contain the operative parts of thesyringe, the intervening partition between said compartments having atubular nipple to which the syringe-tube is connected, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignatu re in presence of two witnesses.

' LUCY R. MEYER.

\Vitnesses:

Lizzrn E. HOLDING, MARY Eva GREGG.

